With the tracy situation straightened out, let's have all fans rally around the team. we have the talent. we have the bench. we have the history (22 game winning streak). we've shown to fight through adversity (only artest and wafer are new this year). and we will again. we did a lot last year with much less talent. and i expect us to do nothing less, but more. this team should still believe because i still believe. this is an exciting time for all rocket fans now. and yesterday's game was a start. let's get this.
Lets just win a playoff series, Regular season moral victories mean nada. First thing first, we need to continue to find our defense. Hopefully Morey can bring in some more talent without giving up our core of Ron, Yao, Scola.... (I hope Battier has found himself)
Hopefully all that Battier needed to get himself right was that suntan and more hair. Maybe his head was too cold to shoot before... I believe that the current roster is capable of great things. I'm not going to be one of those people who say that we're better without McGrady...but we are better without the distraction this season. Hopefully the team can gel with what we have and that they all avoid the injury bug from here on out. I like the starting lineup of Alston/Artest/Battier/Scola/Yao. Ron Ron may not be a natural SG, but now that he's been unleashed to play his game I don't think that it matters. The team will experiment with some interesting lineups, and that is not a bad thing considering the faith I have in our guys coming off of the bench. This lineup can go big with Yao, Scola and Landry in the game (well, big - relatively speaking); or we can go small with Brooks, Alston and Wafer on the court at the same time. Seeing some of the passes Barry was making last night gave me hope that he may be right as well. I'll be happy once the trade deadline passes and we know exactly what we have to work with. Whatever happens, this is my team and I'm not going anywhere!
We will see if Yao can live up to his 1st overall draft selection and carry us throughout the season like McGrady did last year.
Can't wait to continue the season and look past this whole situation. I can't wait for the game on Friday, regardless of what our team will look like.
